The State government is planning a 300 MW power plant using petcoke produced by BPCL Kochi Refinery after completion of the proposed integrated refinery expansion project.

The State Electricity Minister, Mr Aryadan Mohammed, said that the government has constituted a committee to prepare a preliminary report for petcoke-based power generation.

The committee comprising officials from both KSEB and Kochi Refinery will submit a report in this regard within one month, he said, and added that the government will take action based on the report.

Substation opened

He was speaking at a public function after inaugurating the 220 kv substation on Kochi Refinery premises.

The Minister said that the new 220 kV Substation at Kochi Refinery is all set to revitalize the electrical transmission network of KSEB and enhance the reliability of power in Kochi.

Mr John Minu Mathew, executive director, BPCL-KR, said the commissioning of the substation marks a new chapter in the industrial history of Kerala with BPCL-KR becoming the first extra high voltage (EHV) consumer of KSEB at the 220 kV transmission level.

Built at a cost of around Rs 75 crore by BPCL, the substation will at present cater to the additional power requirements of Kochi Refinery. It will also pave the way for the setting up of a 110 kV substation being envisaged by KSEB on Kochi Refinery land itself.

All these would substantially contribute to KSEB's capability to maintain stable and reliable power in the area and thereby support the upcoming integrated refinery expansion project, the petrochemical joint venture of BPCL and the petrochemical park being planned by the state government, he said.

He pointed out that the substation would directly increases the power reliability at Kalamassery industrial area and indirectly to the domestic customers. Both BPCL-KR and KSEB would mutually benefit from this project.

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